Scriptural
in example sentence
And while she closed with a happy Scriptural flourish, he "hooked" a doughnut.
More example sentences with word scriptural
It is darkly witty, playful and seriously faithful to elements of the Jewish tradition and to modern
scriptural
interpretation.
The prize was delivered to Tom with as much effusion as the superintendent could pump up under the circumstances; but it lacked somewhat of the true gush, for the poor fellow's instinct taught him that there was a mystery here that could not well bear the light, perhaps; it was simply preposterous that this boy had warehoused two thousand sheaves of
Scriptural
wisdom on his premises--a dozen would strain his capacity, without a doubt.
Every boy he encountered added another ton to his depression; and when, in desperation, he flew for refuge at last to the bosom of Huckleberry Finn and was received with a
Scriptural
quotation, his heart broke and he crept home and to bed realizing that he alone of all the town was lost, forever and forever.
I return to the
scriptural
periods or ages of the world, conventionally called 'days,' long before the appearance of man, when the unfinished world was as yet unfitted for his support.
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